2019年高考英语一轮复习 Unit 2 Working the land分层演练直击高考 新人教版必修4.docVIP

Unit 2 Working the land 阅读理解 (2018·重庆模拟) The first potatoes were grown by the Incas of South America, (后代) in Ecuador and Chile continue to grow the vegetable as high as 14(That’s higher than any other food will grow.) Early Spanish and English explorers shipped potatoes to Europe, and they found their way to North America in the early 1600s. People eat potatoes in many ways—baked, mashed, and roasted, to name just three. However, in the United States most potatoes are eaten in the form of French fries. One fast璮ood chain alone sells more than $1 billion worth of fries each year. No wonder, then, that the company pays particular attention to the way its fries are prepared. Before any fry makes it to the people who eat at these popular restaurants，it must pass many separate tests. Fail any one of these tests and the potato is rejected. To start with, only Russet Burbank potatoes are used. These Idaho potatoes have less water content than other kinds, which can have as much as 80 percent water. Once cut into “shoestrings” shapes，the potatoes are partly fried in a secret blend of oils, sprayed with liquid sugar to brown them, steam dried at high heat, then flash frozen for shipment to individual restaurants. Before shipping，every shoestring is measured. Forty percent of a batch must be between two and three inches long. Another 40 percent has to be over three inches. What about the 20 percent that are left in the batch? Well, a few short fries in a bag are okay，it seems. So，now that you realize the enormous size and value of the potato crop, you can understand why most people agree that this part of the food industry is no “small potatoes”． 【解题导语】　本文介绍了土豆被引进美国的历史及炸薯条在美国食物产业中举足轻重的地位。 ． 　　　　　　 B．Europe ains B　解析：细节理解题。根据文中第一段最后一句可知北美最早的土豆来自欧洲。故选B项。 A．Because selling fries is a big business. B．Because fries are not easy to prepare at all. C．Because Americans are particular about fries. D．Because the government has a strict rule for that. A　解析：推理判断题。根据第二段的One fast-fo